Monday, May 19, 2008

Vive les vacances

As of today I am officially on vacation.

An administrative mix-up meant I had to take off or lose two weeks of vacation in May, and since we have to pay the nanny full-time whether she's looking after le Petit or not, I decided heck, moms need breaks, too! So this week, le Petit stays with la nounou and I get some time to myself.

Unfortunately, I'll be spending most of this time taking care of various and sundry administrative items, including:

1) Arranging to fix the window we broke in The Great Babyproofing Misadventure2) Finding a translator for my American drivers license3) Applying for le Petit's French passport4) Buying tickets for our first family trip back home to Seattle5) Hemming pants and resewing buttons6) Ordering prescription sunglasses7) Dusting8) Thoroughly cleaning the kitchen

Yes, my Parisian life is nothing short of glamorous.

I will be doing a few fun things too, of course. I'm looking forward to:

1) Going to the BHV this afternoon2) Having lunch with my husband in a fancy restaurant without having to stoop to pick up toys from the floor3) Finishing the weaving project that has been languishing on the loom4) Buying myself some elegant make-up at Printemps5) Going out for a run, and taking a nice, long bath afterwards6) Catching up on the six month backlog in le Petit's baby album7) Writing a blog post every day

Of course, I only have four days off, as Wednesday is Le Petit Day, just as it is every week. But well-rested and relaxed, I think I'll have the energy to make that day more fun for both of us. If the weather is nice, maybe we'll go for a picnic.

Next week we're off to the Gers, and I'll take the computer and try for once to write an interesting description of my travels.

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About Me

I was born in Seattle, but now live on the other side of the map, just outside of Paris. I fell in love with and married a Frenchman in Boston, and in 2003 we took the great leap across the Atlantic. In the summer of 2007 we welcomed our son, le Petit, and in late 2010 our daughter, Mademoiselle. This is the story of my life as a pseudo-Parisienne in my country of adoption. Contact me at parisiennemaispresque (at) gmail (dot-com).